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<p>I have had such trouble writing this essay for UT. I cannot think of how to begin writing it. My lifetime goal is to help people/ be a doctor. But my ec's don't help me with this (yearbook, journalism, french club). I did take good science classes, but I can't think of a way to relate me to my lifetime goals. Please help! </p>

<p>prompt: Considering your lifetime goals, discuss how your current and future academic and extra-curricular activities might help you achieve your goals.</p>

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<p>The only advice I can give is to look at all the activities you’ve done and ask yourself “Why did I choose to do this? What do I love about these activities?” Chances are, you can create some connecting themes that you can draw back to your values, and from there to your goals. </p>

<p>For example, my favorite classes in high school were my Calculus and Biology classes, I love playing room escape games in my spare time, and I do a lot of teaching small children at my church. So I could talk about how I love solving problems, whether they are straightforward (schoolwork), abstract (room-escape), or social/spiritual (church). And I also want to go into healthcare, so I could connect this to how I aspire to be able to solve people’s health problems.</p>

<p>If this doesn’t work well for you, just focus on the “future” activities it asks you for. Make sure you really research the kinds of activities your school offers.</p>

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<p>Think about the positive takeaways from those ECs that apply to your whole life plan, not necessarily just your goal of becoming a doctor. You can talk about working with people, sharing ideas and stories, embracing other cultures, reflecting on memories… endless possibilities! Even if you really just joined Yearbook to hang out with friends, colleges don’t have to know that!</p>

<p>It’d be better to make your life goals more along these lines. You can tie in medicine later, as another activity that will contribute to these lifetime goals.</p>

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<p>Seems like these schools are begging for cliche… :#</p>

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<p>Two approaches:

  1. Adjust the lifetime goal you want to talk about. My friend originally wanted to be a doctor, but she loved writing and academia, so her new thing is to be a public health scholar. Perhaps you can say you want to go into public health, which can very easily be tied to journalism. Or you can talk about a “quality of life” goal (ie, you want a family, or to be financially stable, or to follow your passions, or whatever)
  2. The prompt asks you to write about four specific pursuits (your current academics and ECs and your future academics and ECs). You can probably get away with writing about 3/4 (current and future academics and future ECs).</p>